Are Cookie Diets Healthy?
Cookie diets have basically one rule: Eat about 6 cookies a day and one small meal. That’s it. Of course, who can resist a diet that starts out with “eat cookies…?” What is a Cookie Diet? A cookie diet is one of several diets available that have dieters eat pre-packaged cookies throughout the day and then have one small meal. This keeps the total calorie count very low (around 1,000 calories a day) to promote weight loss. The cookies are purchased from the company for around $60 a week. What are in Cookie Diet Cookies? Good question. The “original” cookie diet by Dr. Sanford Siegal contains “secret ingredients” that are said to reduce appetite. These ingredients, according to the diet’s website, are proteins that help you feel full. Is A Cookie Diet Safe and Healthy? It’s hard to say, because the nutritional ingredients in the cookies are not known. But here’s one thing that most nutritionists agree on: Eating 1,000 calories a day is not a healthy way to lose weight — it’s too few c
